RT Journal Article
T1 Comet A117uUD Goes Interstellar after Encountering Saturn in 2022
A1 Fuente Marcos, Carlos de la
A1 De La Fuente Marcos, Raúl
AB Small solar system bodies may reach hyperbolic orbits after a close interaction with a giant planet. Comet C/1980 E1 (Bowell), with a current value of the eccentricity of 1.057733 ± 0.000008, reached its present-day path after a close encounter with Jupiter in 1980. Comet A117uUD was found by ATLAS South Africa on 2024 June 14. Its current orbit determination, based on 142 observations for a data-arc span of 31 days, places A117uUD among the bodies following hyperbolic orbits (19.51σ, eccentricity of 1.037 ± 0.002). However, it did not come from interstellar space. Here, we show that it reached its current hyperbolic trajectory after a close encounter with Saturn in 2022.
PB IOP
SN 2515-5172
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/109781
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/109781
LA eng
NO de la Fuente Marcos, C., & de la Fuente Marcos, R. Comet A117uUD Goes Interstellar after Encountering Saturn in 2022. Research Notes of the AAS. 2024; 8(7): 184
DS Docta Complutense
RD 5 abr 2025